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Title Recent advances in geriatric medicine. Volume 1, Chronic diseases in geriatric patients / [edited by] Tuck Yean Yong
Published Sharjah, UAE : Bentham Science Publishers, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (iv, 204 pages)
Contents PREFACE ; REFERENCES; List of Contributors ; Conundrums in the Care of Older Adults with Coronary Artery Disease ; OVERVIEW OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY ; CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY; DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATION OF CAD IN THE ELDERLY ; SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR MEDICAL THERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CAD; REVASCULARIZATION FOR OLDER PATIENTS WITH CAD ; CARDIAC REHABILITATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITH CAD ; ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR REVASCULARIZATION IN THE ELDERLY: BLEEDING RISKS AND ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CONCLUSION
CONFLICT OF INTERESTACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; KEY POINTS; REFERENCES; Treating the "Young at Heart": Management of Heart Failure in the Older Population ; INTRODUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURES; EVALUATION OF HEART FAILURE IN OLDER PATIENTS; CARDIORENAL SYNDROME; HEART FAILURE AND GERIATRIC SYNDROMES; NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT; PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION ; DEVICES IN HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION ; PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; GAPS IN EVIDENCE; CONCLUSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; KEY POINTS
DIABETES CARE IN OLDER PEOPLENon-Pharmacological Interventions; Pharmacological Interventions for Glycaemic Control; DIABETES AND GERIATRIC SYNDROMES; CHALLENGES IN TREATING OLDER PEOPLE WITH DIABETES ; CONCLUSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; KEY POINTS; REFERENCES; Halting the Decline in Cognition: New Insights into Alzheimer's Disease ; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; PATHOGENESIS; DIAGNOSIS; BEHAVIOURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS; NEUROIMAGING; OTHER INVESTIGATIONS; NATURAL HISTORY; MANAGEMENT -- NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY; MANAGEMENT -- PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY
MANAGEMENT -- BEHAVIOURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMSPROPOSED TREATMENT; CAREGIVERS; STRATEGIES TO PREVENT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; GAPS IN CURRENT EVIDENCE AND FUTURE RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; KEY POINTS; REFERENCES; New Horizons in Ischaemic Stroke among Older People ; INTRODUCTION; CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND EVALUATION; STROKE UNITS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; Antiplatelet Therapy; Anticoagulant Therapy and Atrial Fibrillation; Blood Pressure Control; Cholesterol-Lowering Treatment; Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment; REHABILITATION; CONCLUSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Geriatrics.
Geriatrics
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Geriatrics
Form Electronic book
Author Yong, Tuck Yean, editor
ISBN 1681082454
9781681082455
Other Titles Chronic diseases in geriatric patients